Police & Fire
Photo provided by the NYPD.Police are hoping a new surveillance photo will lead to the arrest of the man suspected of grabbing a 14-year-old girl last week [/14-year-old-girl-escapes-strangers-grasp-while-walking-home-from-school-cops-say/] while she walked home from school. Cops say the man shown in the photograph approached the girl last Tuesday on East
Police & Fire
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Despite an overall drop in crime [/city-officials-honor-volunteer-cops-for-daring-halloween-weekend-arrests/] across the 61st Precinct, the station house’s commanding officer reported there has been a recent ‘uptick’ in burglaries and said drug addiction was behind increase. Speaking at
61st precint
After 17 days, the medical examiner’s office still has not declared a cause of death for an unidentified body [/no-id-on-body-found-floating-in-sheepshead-bay/] found floating in Sheepshead Bay on May 21 [/body-adrift-in-sheepshead-bay-manhattan-beach/]. Sergeant Doyle of the 61st Precinct Community Affairs Unit told members of the Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association on Monday that